{"id":18839,"date":"2014-01-13T09:52:05","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T13:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/?p=18839"},"modified":"2017-08-25T21:45:13","modified_gmt":"2017-08-26T01:45:13","slug":"studio-portraits-with-85mm-f1-4-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/studio-portraits-with-85mm-f1-4-lens\/","title":{"rendered":"85mm f\/1.4 portraits in the studio"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Studio portraits with an\u00a085mm f\/1.4 lens<\/h1>\n

Shooting portraits with fast lenses<\/a> for that distinctive shallow depth-of-field look, works in the studio too. In fact, it works exceptionally well. But it is perhaps an unexpected way of working in the studio – the usual way is to work with apertures in the range of f\/8 or f\/11 for great depth-of-field and superb image sharpness.<\/p>\n

That super-fast aperture portrait lens\u00a0–\u00a0such as the 85mm f\/1.4 – really focuses the attention exactly where you want it \u2026<\/p>\n


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The main light<\/strong> was via the\u00a0Profoto 5.0′ RFi Octa Softbox<\/a>\u00a0(affiliate<\/em>). This huge light source makes it easy to get flattering light, and by moving it around, you can control the contrast and how much light falls on the shadow side of your subject’s face.<\/p>\n

The rim-light<\/strong> was via the Profoto RFi 1’\u00d73′ softbox<\/a>\u00a0(affiliate<\/em>)\u00a0and the\u00a0Profoto 50 degree 1\u00d73 grid<\/a>\u00a0(affiliate<\/em>). This helped create some separation, and some interesting highlights.<\/p>\n

The background light<\/strong> was via a\u00a0Profoto beauty dish<\/a>\u00a0(affiliate<\/em>)\u00a0and\u00a0Profoto 25 degree Honeycomb Grid<\/a>\u00a0(affiliate<\/em>)\u00a0which I used because I didn’t want to go to the effort to change it up to something else. It was available, and it gave an interesting gradual high-light to the background, used this close to the wall.<\/p>\n